• Pence seizes on Trump's recent indictment as he looks to break through in crowded GOP field

    Pence seizes on Trump's recent indictment as he looks to break through in crowded GOP field

    Aug 04, 2023 05:51 PM EST

    Pence notably had refused to appear before the congressional committee that investigated Jan. 6, criticizing its work as politicized. And he fought a subpoena to appear before the grand jury that heard the election case. But Pence had never shied away from defending his own actions on Jan. 6. His ...

  • WATCH: Trump indicted on federal charges in Jan. 6 case, Special Counsel Jack Smith announces

    WATCH: Trump indicted on federal charges in Jan. 6 case, Special Counsel Jack Smith announces

    Aug 01, 2023 09:47 PM EST

    ... The indictment had been expected since Trump said in mid-July that the Justice Department informed him he was a target of its long-running Jan. 6 investigation. A bipartisan House committee that spent months investigating the run-up to the Capitol riot also recommended prosecuting Trump on charges, including ...

  • Trump indicted for efforts to undermine the 2020 election

    Trump indicted for efforts to undermine the 2020 election

    Aug 01, 2023 09:37 PM EST

    ... The indictment had been expected since Trump said in mid-July that the Justice Department informed him he was a target of its long-running Jan. 6 investigation. A bipartisan House committee that spent months investigating the run-up to the Capitol riot also recommended prosecuting Trump on charges, including ...

  • House Republicans move Biden impeachment forward as hard-right clamors for action

    House Republicans move Biden impeachment forward as hard-right clamors for action

    Jun 22, 2023 07:27 PM EST

    ... are lining up other such votes — to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, to censure Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson, who was the chairman of the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, for example. It’s part of their effort to steer control of the House from ...

  • Here's when other countries have charged former leaders

    Here's when other countries have charged former leaders

    Apr 03, 2023 10:38 PM EST

    ... home by the FBI, continued progress in a Georgia state investigation into Republican election tampering and the ongoing revelations of evidence presented by the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection. While charging a former president with a criminal offense is a first in the United States, in other countries ...

  • Murdoch acknowledges some Fox hosts 'endorsed' false election claims

    Murdoch acknowledges some Fox hosts 'endorsed' false election claims

    Feb 28, 2023 05:20 PM EST

    ... example showing that those who were spreading false information about the 2020 election knew there was no evidence to support it. The now-disbanded House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol disclosed that many of Trump’s top advisers repeatedly warned him that the allegations he ...

  • Pence subpoenaed by special counsel probing Trump's involvement in 2020 election

    Pence subpoenaed by special counsel probing Trump's involvement in 2020 election

    Feb 10, 2023 03:02 PM EST

    ... in multiple states whose results were disputed by Trump have received subpoenas asking for communications with or involving Trump and his campaign aides. A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack recommended that the Justice Department bring criminal charges against Trump and associates who helped him launch a pressure campaign ...

  • On 2nd anniversary of Capitol attack, speaker gridlock paralyzes House again

    On 2nd anniversary of Capitol attack, speaker gridlock paralyzes House again

    Jan 06, 2023 03:27 PM EST

    ... said, "It is a very small minority who want to throw this institution into chaos." After the unsatisfying midterm election for Trump allies, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack wrapped up its work with a recommendation to the Justice Department to prosecute the former president. A special counsel ...

  • WATCH: Biden awards Presidential Citizens Medals on Jan. 6 anniversary

    WATCH: Biden awards Presidential Citizens Medals on Jan. 6 anniversary

    Jan 06, 2023 01:18 AM EST

    “I wish we didn’t have to be here,” said Ken Sicknick, brother of Brian Sicknick, after the ceremony. After the unsatisfying midterm election for Trump allies, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack wrapped up its work with a recommendation to the Justice Department to prosecute the ...

  • Who are the House Republicans voting against Kevin McCarthy for speaker?

    Who are the House Republicans voting against Kevin McCarthy for speaker?

    Jan 05, 2023 12:51 AM EST

    Bob Good of Virginia won office in 2020 after GOP voters ousted the Republican incumbent, Denver Riggleman, who had angered social conservatives by officiating a gay marriage. Riggleman subsequently went to work as a senior staff member on the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol and ...